Umbrella- carrier.



10 MODEL.

No. 755,009. PATENTEYD MAR.22,1904.-

A. J; IGEL.

UMBRELLA CARRIER.

APPLICATION rIL'En mm. 10. 1903.

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.,MWC@ z Patented March 22, 1904;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTA J. IGEL, or KANsAS oITY, MISSOURI.

UMBRELLA-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,009, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed February 16, 1903. Serial NO- 143,695.

umbrellamay be supported from the person and danger of loss or of its being mislaid thus avoided. I

My inventlon provides an umbrella-carrier having a supporting member provided with means for engaging the wearing-apparel of the person, the supporting member being provided with means for embracing and supporting the closed umbrella.

My invention provides, further, means by which the carrier may accommodate itself to different posit-ions which the body of the person carrying the same may assume.

My invention provides, further, means by which the device is adapted to be adjusted to umbrellas of diiferent sizes.

Other novel features are described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation view of the invention. In this view the device is shown in the position assumed by it when the person is in the standing position. Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1, excepting that the person is represented in the sitting position and the device is represented as it would appear in such a position. Fig. 3 is a front elevation view of the device detached from the person. Fig. 4: is a side elevation view. Fig.6 is a View from one side of a modified form of sheath in the stretched-out position. Fig. 6 is a view similar to that shown in the stretched-out sheath. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation view of the expansible sheath and a portion of the supporting member. Fig. 8 is hereinafter fully Fig. 5 looking at the reverse side of (No model.)

a top view of the device with aportion of the belt. Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. 7.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

1 indicates the supporting member, which may be of a flexible nature and consists, for instance, of a strap. To the upper end of the supporting member is secured a supporting device, preferably a hook 2, adapted to engage a portion of the wearing-apparel, such as the belt 8. Upon the lower end of the supporting member 1 is provided a sheath 4, preferably having the form of the envelop of the frustum of an inverted cone and adapted to receive therein, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body of a closed umbrella 5. Secured at one end to the supporting member 1 between the hook 2 and the sheath 4 isaflexible strap or similar device 6, the free end of which is adapted to be brought around the handle of the umbrella and be secured to the other end of the strap 6. In the free end of the strap 6 is secured a socket 7 adapted to releasably engage astud 8, the inner end of which clamps the strap 6 to the member 1. The socket 7 and stud 8 are such as are used for glove-fasteners.

In the modified form of sheath shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the sheath is expansible, so as to be fitted .to umbrellas the closed bodies of which differ in diameters. .In this form the sheath comprises a fiat piece of material, such as leather, cut into the proper form to make when folded a sheath with converging sides. One end of the piece is secured to the lower end of the supporting member 1 and is provided with two rows of studs 10. In the free end of the said. piece of leather forming the sheath are provided sockets 9, disposed parallel with the edge of the free end of the piece. The disposition of the studs 10 is such that when the piece of sheath-leather is formed, as shown in Fig. 7, with the free end overlapping the secured end the sockets 9 will be opposite to the outer row of Studs 10,

which can enter and be Secured to the sockets 9. In case an umbrella of smaller diameter is to be used the free end of the piece of sheathleather is brought into a position such that the inner row of studs will enter the sockets 9 and be secured thereby.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the sheath may be made expansible by making it of a resilient material, such as soft rubber.

1n operating my invention the closed umbrella 5 is first inserted in the sheath 4:, after which the free end of the strap 6 is brought around the umbrella-handle and has its socket 7 engaged with the stud 8. The strap or supporting member 1 is then suspended from the person by engaging the hook 2 with some portion of the wearingapparel,'such as the belt 3. The strap 6 prevents the umbrella from swaying to and fro when the person is in the erect position. When the person desires to become seated, the free end of the strap 6 may be released, thus permitting the member 1 to be flexed, so that the umbrella may be disposed of in the position desired as, for instance, in a position such as is shown in Fig. 2.

My invention may be modified in many ways without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an umbrella-carrier, the combination with a supporting member provided at one end with means for attaching to the wearingapparel, and having a sheath at the other end comprising a flexible strap for encircling the umbrella, one end of the strap being provided with two rows of studs disposed parallel with each other transversely across the strap, the other end of the strap being provided with a row of sockets disposed so as to be engaged by either row of studs, of a strap secured to the supporting member and provided with releasable means for securing the two ends of the said strap together.

2. In an umbrella-carrier, the combination with a supporting member comprising a strap one end of which is provided with means for securing to the wearing-apparel, and having at the other end a sheath adapted to receive therein the umbrella and comprising a flexible strap having the form of the envelop of the frustum of a cone, the said strap being provided at one end with two transversely-disposed parallel rows of studs, the other end being provided with a row of sockets adapted to engage each row of studs, of releasable means for engaging the handle of the umbrella and supported by the supporting member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTA J. IGEL.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. House, HENRY F. Rosn. 

